July 1, 2025
July??? I’m sort of amazed. You would think that I would adjust to the passage of time, after a few years…
Remember – there will be posts every weekday this week, and on both Monday and Tuesday next week. Because these posts for the paintings aren’t very big, I give you lots of them all in a row!
Let’s jump into this perfectly perfect summer painting:
So many of us have been living with ridiculously hot weather for a while, so it was easy to get into the mood to get this heroine some true summer clothes!
I cheated just a bit on the Weekly Timeless Wardrobe; I’m calling the striped tee shirt “sleeveless” when of course it isn’t! But our heroine already has all of her tee shirts, and I felt pretty comfortable that finding another print sleeveless top was going to be DIFFICULT… So I cheated!
There are no referees at The Vivienne Files…
I really love the colors of this wardrobe. Navy and beige are so uncomplicated and classic, but the green and blue clothes brighten up everything:
And her accessories are both fun and practical:
Obviously, our heroine has plenty of options for how to wear her new garments. As always, if you don’t have ideas, you don’t want to buy something.
I particularly like to remember that a tank top can be a perfect thing to wear under a cardigan on those days when the weather is going to be somewhere between nippy in the morning and sweaty in the afternoon!
It’s difficult to find a good way to wear shorts in the colder weather, but it’s nice to see that most of what you buy for summer can also carry into much of the rest of the year. No reason to pack things away if you still wear them, right?
love,
Janice
Earlier installments of these articles, which will include links to all of the clothes and accessories, can be found here: Christmas Day Preview, January, February, March, April, May, June
p.s. Ten years ago, our painting was by Augustus John, with stunning turquoise, camel and gold…
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